χειλών

See also: Χείλων

Greek

Noun

χειλών • (cheilón)

1. monotonic spelling of the contracted ancient genitive plural neuter noun χειλῶν

Usage notes

• Of the two ancient plural genitives of χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”) (uncontracted: τῶν χειλέων (tôn kheiléōn); contracted: τῶν χειλῶν (tôn kheilôn)), only the uncontracted is used in Standard Modern Greek: των χειλέων (ton cheiléon) as the plural genitive of χείλος (cheílos).
• The other alternative for the genitive plural is the modern των χειλιών (ton cheilión) of the singular noun το χείλι (to cheíli).

Further reading

• “χείλι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
• “χείλος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
• χειλών - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.